Category Archives: CP Election

Leaders pour it on with rallies, boosts for candidates as campaign reaches peak
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has a marathon day of campaigning ahead, starting early this morning near Niagara Falls, Ont., and ending with a late-night rally in Calgary after a stop in Winn...
Oct 19, 2019

Trudeau sidesteps questions about Obama, pleads for progressive votes in Quebec
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Justin Trudeau would not say Thursday whether his team asked former U.S. president Barack Obama to endorse his bid to remain prime minister, which came as the Liberals fight har...
Oct 19, 2019

Conservatives, Liberals in tight race in crucial Milton riding
MILTON, Ont. - Lisa Raitt is bracing for a late night on Monday, knowing the race in her southwestern Ontario riding of Milton is likely to be a nail-biter. With the federal election just days away, t...
Oct 19, 2019

Facts and numbers about the federal riding of Milton
MILTON, Ont. - Milton Conservative Party deputy leader Lisa Raitt will face Liberal star candidate Adam van Koeverden for the right to represent this growing riding west of Toronto. Prime Minister Jus...
Oct 19, 2019

'A failing grade:' First Nations say Scheer absent in his Saskatchewan riding
REGINA - First Nations chiefs in Andrew Scheer's home riding say they haven't seen much of him in advance of Monday's federal vote, and feel like they're not a priority f...
Oct 19, 2019

Attawapiskat musician releases protest song with Justin Trudeau in mind
TORONTO - Attawapiskat singer Adrian Sutherland says he was thinking of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau when he wrote a protest song ahead of the federal election about broken political promises. B...
Oct 19, 2019

Bloc election strategy struck chord with appeal to Quebec pride, not sovereignty
MONTREAL - Elyse Bodnar, a long-time Liberal voter, says she thinks Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is just "terrific." Bodnar, who was in the audience when Blanchet visite...
Oct 19, 2019

Scheer, Trudeau, Singh haggle over potential minority government outcome
OTTAWA - Four days before Canadians go to the polls, the leaders of Canada's three largest federal parties argued Thursday over how the country will be governed if there is no clear win...
Oct 19, 2019

Bernier surprised by Bloc's popularity, says People's party more nationalistic
QUEBEC - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says he's a bit surprised by the popularity of the Bloc Quebecois and its leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet. Bernier told reporters Friday if Quebe...
Oct 18, 2019

Edmonton Strathcona Green Party candidate drops out, asks supporters to vote NDP
EDMONTON - The Green Party candidate in the only riding in Alberta held by the NDP before the federal election call has dropped out of the race and is urging supporters to vote for his New Democ...
Oct 18, 2019